Three groups will emerge: those who build their lives around AI (transhumanists), those who resist (the modern Amish) and pragmatic late adopters. A notable worry is caste-like schisms.
“I expect we will see a trifurcation in people’s approach to AI and resilience, so there’s no single answer to human resilience in the age of AI. Some people will…
The ‘Cyborg Slide’ is coming. ‘We will develop new abilities but they will come at the cost of shedding parts of our humanity which we must work to hold onto.’ We must treasure the ‘slow and the small.’
“I think of the coming 10 years as the ‘Cyborg Slide,’ a time when we will develop new abilities but at the cost of shedding parts of our humanity which…
Muster agency; avoid complacency. ‘Resilience stems from gaining skill in meeting life’s errors, detours, difficulties and frustrations.’ … Don’t defer to ‘friction-free’ AI; it leads to loss.
“AI hype has often been followed by sobering AI winters, so it’s impossible to precisely predict the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity in the next decade and beyond. Yet…
Tech disruptions of the past teach us such change can be harmful. While AI as it stands today is an extractive industry benefiting technology plutocrats, mitigation guardrails can eventually be built.
“The impact of the technological innovations of the past 200 years has made it clear that as new developments in science and technology create new possibilities they also fundamentally change…
My co-intelligent research with an AI has revealed that a healthy and resilient world springs from education reform, new workplace trends and norms and policies that reduce compulsive AI usage.
“Feeling excited about AI in 2026 feels like being a cheerleader for the apocalypse. There’s so much good that AI could do for our society, our economy and our personal…
‘Future generations may accept displacement by AI as their lot in life.’ Due to humans’ tendency to ‘take shortcuts that serve immediate needs, most will respond with a despondent shrug.’
“Responses to a larger role played by more-advanced AI in human activity will be shaped according to cultures, attentions and abilities. In an individualistic society like the one seen today…
Real resilience comes from embracing things that can’t be captured in data or resolved through optimization; resisting convenience and developing the ability to operate in genuine uncertainty.
“What skills or practices will help us stay resilient as AI reshapes work and life? Maybe people will look to algorithms to optimize everything – including just how much fat…
The big shift is when bedrock cognitive skills like predicting and persuading are delegated to machines. In addition, ‘resilience depends on helping individuals decouple self-esteem from task ownership.’
“Artificial intelligence will shape decisions, work and daily life far more deeply than most people expect and far more unevenly than most organizations are prepared for. The real disruption is…
‘Motors stole silence from our world and electric light severed our intimate connection with all that exists in darkness beyond our illuminated bubble. What will AI take? Solitude.’
“Every technological advance conceals a consequent loss, but the novelty is always so glittering and the loss so gradual, we never notice what was lost until long after it is…